Suno Sued by Danish Songwriter Collecting Society Koda

Danish songwriter collecting society Koda is suing Suno for copyright infringement.

The details:

• Koda has flagged examples of Suno-generated tracks that are practically identical to works written by the society’s members, including Aqua’s “Barbie Girl,” Junior Senior’s “Move Your Feet,” MØ’s “Final Song,” and D.A.D.’s “Sleeping My Day Away.”

• As Complete Music Update reports, the tracks are so similar that there will be copyright infringement claims on both the input (ie. the tracks allegedly being used for training) and on the specific outputs.

• Digital Music News reports that Koda is also alleging stream ripping and market dilution, with the infringing outputs lowering demand for ‘proper’ music.

Other lawsuits:

• Suno is being sued by German society GEMA.

• It is also battling lawsuits in the US, one filed by major labels, the other by independent artists.

What they said:

• Gorm Arildsen, Koda CEO: “We are excited about what responsible AI can do for music, but innovation can’t be built on stolen goods. Suno has taken our members’ creative work and fed it into their machines without consent, transparency or remuneration. That is theft – and it threatens the future of music.”